New Manchester City Kit 2016/17 | MCFC Nike Home Shirt 16-17

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This is the new Man City kit 2016/17, Manchester City’s new home shirt for the upcoming Premier League season. Made by Nike, the new kit was unveiled on July 3, 2016- the same day when new manager Pep Guardiola was presented to the fans.

The kit sticks to the same designs employed by Nike for several of their national and club shirts this year. The jersey, featuring the club’s new crest, is predominantly sky blue with darker blue detailing. Navy stripes run down the sides of both the shirts and the shorts, as can be seen in the pics below.

Other nifty little additions by Nike include “City” at the back of the collar and “EST 1894” inside the cuffs. Etihad Airways remain principal shirt sponsors.

Dark sleeves and blue shorts are going to infuriate the traditionalists. This looks more Coventry City than Manchester City. Plus I bet after England’s Euro 2016 campaign I bet no one’s going to want to see this template again!

The new badge is great, but one thing annoys me: the word “City” is straight not curved and it looks ungainly. I can’t tell if it was a deliberate decision not to curve it or if some graphic designer made a mistake and no one noticed.

The raglan design should not be allowed only if the top color is too different from the bottom three quarters of the front of the jersey. Football is a very quick game and the color of the jersey many times is the only signal a player uses to decide his action. The Adidas Swansea City 2013-14 away jersey had a different color at the top but it stopped halfway down the sleeves of the short sleeve version and also the back was completely the color of the bottom of the front. This new template is Cheating at its worst. Teams that play a *k*e team should have a special jersey that exactly copies this 360 degree raglan design. Not in the same colors of course but at least the *k*e team will also get the same confusions. I Hope Wales can have an already “one off” Adidas jersey of this type tonight so that the game will be decided by the players, not *k*e usual CRIMINAL cheating tactics. I also hope no one buys these trash jerseys but only the ones that use a different color at the raglan part.